if you get the chance when called by a cold caller, just start turning the tables and start banging on about jesus and god. they'll soon hang up 


just to drag this topic towards football for a moment, is anyone else getting annoyed by the calls from the football club regarding the FITC payment schemes? i've told them twice in the past few months that i already pay a fair amount towards the youth and community schemes the club run and they still keep pressing for more. i've told them if they call again i shall pull the plug on what i pay (which isn't much admittedly but its still something which i pay off my own back). its not as if the club aren't already in a stronger financial position whilst we all struggle for work or anything...



This thread reminds me of my time at a North London Poly in the early 80`s.
To supplement my grant I had to take a job.One of my flatmates recommended a cold calling centre selling wall coating.
I went in the first night and found myself surrounded by failed actors.The boss then came up to me and said good luck,at which point he ripped a page out of the telephone directory and said this is yours.
I got the page G.To be more precise I got Ga...............................followed by a Y.Imagine how many people gave me more than one second of their time.
I lasted all of 30 minutes before I was fired.
No compensation.
The thing about this that makes me even more sad is I called them to organize an appointment. Now they have my details, I'll be beating them off with a stick for years.
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I have the same problem with women.....![]()
There goes JWM - banging on about history again!
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There goes JWM - banging on about history again!
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I have my own building & double glazing company, NEVER go to a big firm always use the smaller firm, better service, more personal & competetive.![]()
I have my own building & double glazing company, NEVER go to a big firm always use the smaller firm, better service, more personal & competetive.![]()

just to drag this topic towards football for a moment, is anyone else getting annoyed by the calls from the football club regarding the FITC payment schemes? i've told them twice in the past few months that i already pay a fair amount towards the youth and community schemes the club run and they still keep pressing for more. i've told them if they call again i shall pull the plug on what i pay (which isn't much admittedly but its still something which i pay off my own back). its not as if the club aren't already in a stronger financial position whilst we all struggle for work or anything...
Haha, nice one ILD!
Regarding AVIVA, they wiped out the iconic 'Norwich Union' brand as part of a £9 Billion advertising campaign. I mean, £9 Billion!
Nothing would make me do business with them.
